Worker killed after fall at Guttenberg apartment building is identified

REENA ROSE SIBAYAN/JOURNAL PHOTOA Guttenberg police officer guards the area at 81 70th St. where a worker, Juan Cantana Barrera, 47, of Bentley Avenue in Jersey City, fell 30 feet and died Tuesday.

Guttenberg police have released the name of the Jersey City man who fell 30 feet to his death while making repairs at an apartment complex Tuesday, and officials said the landlord of the building is facing fines for lacking permits to do the work, The Jersey Journal reports.

Juan Cantana Barrera, 47, of Bentley Avenue in Jersey City, was declared dead shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center following the 30-foot fall from a common walkway at a building at 81 70th Street just hours before, according to Capt. Joel Maggenheimer, the Journal reports.